Multitask Cramming

Unlike the Christmas break, which I spent in a largely antisocial, midnight-blue-bordering-on-depressive, book-wallowing manner, Reading Week (i.e. now) has been pretty busy. I've been cramming for most of the week.

Cramming time with friends and family this week. Weekend spent with family mostly, eating, eating and eating. Ate lunch with my aunt (Ming-yee) and grandma (Ah-poh). Went to TenRen's at MetroSquare with Ming (SCS pal who I haven't seen for ages), consumed a almond/sesame hot milk tea and chatted for two hours. Tomorrow night, maybe dinner with my Queen's "homies" (ha, so yellow) and various Wnd-friends. Friday night, possibly downtown with Tiff and the J/Gen's to eat and watch movie. Saturday, Ho-ming and Katie's giant engagement dinner (Part 2: The Friends) at home: 70 people, 70 pairs of shoes, 70 stomachs to fill and 70 arses to park.

Bring it.

Cramming for school. CISC 235 (Data Structures in Java) midterm and CISC 260 (Parogramming Paradigms...whatever the hell that means) assignment for next Tuesday. Neither of which I've prepared for/finished/started. Also a CISC 223 (Software Specification) assignment due Thursday. I haven't even looked at that one yet. In short, with regards to this section of my life, I am screwed.

Moving on.

Lastly, cramming for...my dental exam. This involves an obscene amount of brushing, flossing, and gargling in preparation for my dental appointment on Friday. Hopefully, with a little more work, I'll pass this one with flying colours. And possibly a new toothbrush and some floss.

Only thing that has stayed the same as Christmas break is that I'm still book-wallowing (all the Little House on the Prairie books) and I've changed hues, from midnight to sky blue.

Lazy post

First, I hate my dad's computer. He has so many crap programs installed that nothing really works. Hence, when I was halfway through this post, the machine crashed on me. Second, the following is my attept at overcoming my chronic laziness I'm experiencing at the moment. Stolen from wnd's site. Enjoy:

Instructions:
1. Copy this whole list into your journal.
2. Bold the things that you have in common with me.
3. Whatever you don't bold, replace with things about you.

01. I try to keep my desk as clear of stuff as possible
02. I'm wear size 8 shoes.
03. I love to drink water. It tastes like...water.
04. Forks are fun for poking people.
05. I think that vaulting over the couch and ricocheting off the doorframe are perfectly good ways to traverse a room.
06. I'm obsessed with grammar even though mine is less than perfect. Spelling too.
07. I hate when people type in all caps online.
08. I hated Curious George.
09. The exclamation mark is my favourite punctuation!!
10. I like making up words. (Smiggle)
11. I love accents...English and Irish ^_^
12. I can't do physics. Too many letters.
13. Chinglish is a valid dialect and I lurv it. It's in the hup.
14. I love sitting and people-watching.
15. I would like to be ambidextrous.
16. Shopping IS a sport.
17. I hate facial hair on guys. Just... ew. *stubble is okay*
18. I secretly harbour a desire to be a ninja.
19. I love the smell of cologne on guys and not on the slip of paper those sales people hand out.
20. I love interesting socks.
21. SCRUBS is THE best show to watch and quote from.
22. I miss kindergarten.
23. I like holepunching stuff.
24. Sugar should be banned from my diet, but that would be catastrophic.
25. I like to know who's online on MSN. I always check new names that pop up.
26. I also check everyone's avatar periodically.
27. I love butchering the English language and even more amused by those who understand what I'm saying.
28. I'm a weird person. (And damn proud of it)
29. I'm anal-retentive about checking my email, even though nobody emails me and I only get junkmail.
30. I love to go downtown because it's exciting and people watching is MUCH more interesting there.
31. You should NEVER eat what I cook...EVER.
32. I love bum pants.
33. I procrastinate. A LOT. Like now.
34. I love eyes (green eyes are especially special)
35. I like sleep too much.
36. I NEED to have a lot of pillows on my bed. Also my Stitch doll. Shut up, it's cute.
37. Mysterious bruises from walking into desks/chairs/floor/walls don't suprise me anymore.
38. I want to live in Hong Kong/London/other-big-city for a while, just to see what it's like.
39. I like artists who write/compose their own music and can actually sing well LIVE (*cough*actual talent*cough*)
40. I dance badly. Flail flail.
41. I really enjoy thoughtful gifts, even if they cost nothing. Still, I'll like almost anything just because the person took the time to pick it out.
42. The British have such fabulous vocabulary: bloke, snog, wanker, nob ..etc
43. I'm a bad bad person who downloads music rather than buying CDs.
44. I watch What Not To Wear. Guiltily.
45. I enjoy just being by myself sometimes. Well, a lot of the time.
46. Acting like an idiot entertains me/others.
47. I love swings and I miss the playground.
48. Clowns frighten me.
49. I love those moving platform things at the airport.
50. I almost never wear make-up.
51. I wouldn't be able to survive without my chapstick though.
52. I have a pretty decent memory.
53. Time spent crying is time wasted plotting.
54. Apparently, the faces I make are amusing.
55. I'm really easy to get along with. Usually.
56. I don't like approaching people in large groups
57. I can drive, but I hardly ever do so.
58. I could care less about my hair "styles"
59. I like getting emails from my friends (junk mail included), it makes me feel special.
60. I have a love-hate relationship with my hair.
61. I love Colin Farrell even though he's a cad.
62. I don't have a G licence yet...still..
63. I can't stand the word "Oriental".
64. I always smile with my teeth when somebody takes a picture.
65. I try my best to help protect the environment.
66. I get distracted VERY easily. Ooo shiny.
67. I think Totoro is adorable.
68. I wasn't born in Ontario (Saskatchewan woo!)
69. I have no idea what I want to do with my life.
70. I love Winnie the Pooh.
71. I forgive easily. But, the grudges are always echoing in the back of my mind.
72. There are only a handful of friends I confide in.
73. I miss Lego.
74. I own a lot of blue clothing.
75. I feel inadequate a lot of the time, like I don't really belong.
76. I love tops that have long, belled sleeves.
77. I love reading other people's blog/live journal/website.
78. My computer is my baby.
79. Downtown Chinatown scares me a little.
80. I'm disappointed that i never continued with any of the musical intruments i started with: piano, flute, metal pot lid.
81. I love my country
82. I'm always amazed by those who take neat, legible notes during lectures. Frankly, you can't hope to read mine.
83. I have a very broad musical taste.
84. I slouch too much.
85. Narrow minded people make me want to get my giant, heavy Java textbook.
86. I'm incapable of having just one favourite movie.
87. Someday I WILL travel the world.
88. Someday I WILL go on a road trip with my friends.
89. I'm extra-strength crazy and you have all been warned.
90. HK-Style milk tea is a vital part of my diet.
91. I can't stand the sound of fingernails scraping a chalkboard
92. I love taking candid photos. Posed pix are okay too at times.
93. I hate those keeners in the front row.
94. I like scarves and mittens
95. I wish my name had more nickname potential.
96. I'm a lazy ass. I really am.
97. Playing in the snow is something I miss doing, which is odd cuz we get SO much of it here in K-town.
98. I have an agenda book but I never use it.
99. I have something else I should be doing right now - like, sleeping.
100. I really suck at making easy decisions - like, what to eat.

The Power of Footwear

Ah ha ha. Slippers have the power to change the world.

So my jeh ("big sis" - adopted) has been studying non-stop for the past week, so we (housemates and I) have gotten used to seeing her only in the early morning before classes and late at night when she gets back from the library. But yesterday we realized none of us had seen her since the previous day's morning. So we got a little worried and started calling friends to see if she's shown up.

Long story short, it turns out she got back really late the night before and thought that we were all asleep or out. Why? Because my housemate's and my house slippers were sitting by the front door. (See, in our house, leaving your slippers by the door is an indication that you are currently out of the house. It's a good system.)

Thus, M, assuming that Wnd and Bento were asleep and Nem and I were out because of our SS (Slipper Status) thought there was no one at home to inform that she was home. So M goes merrily off to bed and leaves early the next morning, again without seeing anyone, throwing the rest of the household into a dangerous worry spiral culminating in my scolding her both in person and via door-adjacent whiteboard. That's a bad Marge! Bad!

(Oh, and I wasn't out...i traded slippers for awhile so that my normal ones were sitting by the door. Oops)